2017考研英语二词汇（九）81 Nothing is more futile and more self-defeating than the bitterness of spurned love. This is always a distortion of reality, for people are not the captives or victims of othersthey are free agents, working out their own destinies for good or for ill. 因失恋而痛苦是最没有出息、最自作自受的。这类事总会歪曲事实真相，因为无论命运是好是坏，每个人都不是他人的俘虏或牺牲品，而是掌握自己命运的自由行为人。futile a. 徒然的，徒劳的，无效的【记】fu(音似：无)+tile(瓦片)盖房没有瓦片，是徒劳徒劳的【派生】futility n. 无用，徒劳【近】vain a. 徒劳的【反】profitable a. 有益的【词组】a futile attempt 徒然的尝试spurn
